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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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